Faculty

Carey Farquhar

Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Global Health
Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.

206-542-4278

Education

MD Harvard University, 1994
MPH University of Washington, 2001

Contact

206-542-4278

Box 359909
Ninth & Jefferson Building
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Bio

Dr. Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH, is a professor at the University of Washington in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology. She received her MD at Harvard Medical School. She completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Washington, where she also earned a Masters in Public Health. She mentors US and Kenyan trainees and currently conducts research in Kenya on HIV testing and partner notification services, HIV and HCV diagnosis and access to treatment among persons who inject drugs, and non-communicable diseases among persons living with HIV.

She has published more than 210 peer-reviewed papers and is Director of the UW Kenya Research and Training Center and the International AIDS Research and Training Program (IARTP).  Dr. Farquhar teaches two courses in the School of Public Health -- HIV: A Multidisciplinary Approach and  Responsible Conduct of Research: Global and Local.   In addition, she sees patients one half-day per week at Madison Clinic and attends on the wards at Harborview Medical Center.

Research Areas

Research Interests

AIDS epidemiology and HIV prevention in Africa; heterosexual and vertical HIV transmission

Recent Publications (PubMed)

The Association of Mild Kidney Disease With Coronary Artery Disease Is Stronger for People Living With HIV.
(2026 Jan 1)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 101(1): 95-102
Doshi S, Richardson BA, Nazzinda R, Mugerwa H, Bittencourt MS, Erem G, Narendrula A, Farquhar C, Kityo C, Longenecker CT
Low Prevalence of Coronary Artery Calcium in High Cardiometabolic Risk Kenyan Adults with and Without HIV: The ASANTE Study.
(2025)
Glob Heart 20(1): 107
Shah H, Krishnan S, Narashim A, Korir S, Omondi G, Maxime Ale B, Gitura BM, Kinuthia J, Farquhar C, Hsue PY, Budoff M, Longenecker CT, Osoti A, Shakil SS
HIV resistance to dolutegravir varies with co-administered agents.
(2025 Sep 2)
Clin Infect Dis
Beck IA, Boyce CL, Bishop MD, Oldroyd AR, du Toit L, Saimen A, Ramarope KM, Hitchcock S, du Plessis NM, Mbogo L, Chohan BH, Maheria P, Oyaro P, Knowles K, Zhang Z, Brummel SS, Drain PK, Smith RA, Gottlieb GS, Abuogi L, Patel RC, Farquhar C, Wiznia A, Ruel T, Rossouw TM, Hawes SE, Frenkel LM
Early structural cardiovascular disease, HIV, and tuberculosis in East Africa (ASANTE): cross-sectional study protocol for a multimodal cardiac imaging study in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2025 Jul 11)
BMJ Open 15(7): e102684
Shakil SS, Korir S, Omondi G, Ale BM, Gitura B, Morris M, Kinuthia J, Chohan B, Haynes N, Farquhar C, Hsue PY, Longenecker CT, Osoti A
Early Structural Cardiovascular Disease, HIV, and Tuberculosis in East Africa (ASANTE): Cross-sectional study protocol for a multimodal cardiac imaging study in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2025 Mar 17)
medRxiv
Shakil SS, Korir S, Omondi G, Ale BM, Gitura B, Tofeles MM, Kinuthia J, Chohan B, Haynes N, Farquhar C, Hsue PY, Longenecker CT, Osoti AO
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